"I have prepared everything so that the person who's going to help me will remain incognito," these words have appeared on the internet blog of `a friend´ of Jorge León (archive photo), a paraplegic man from Valladolid, who was found dead at his home last Thursday, and who had been looking for someone to help him to commit suicide.

The blog could belong to a second paraplegic man, Lucas S, who was sent the letter by Jorge León, although there are those who believe that Lucas S was, in fact, Jorge León himself. The blog explains: "I've now entered what I believe to be the terminal stage because on top of the irreversible paralysis, I'm constantly getting infections which are becoming immune to antibiotics, which provokes unbearable physical and mental suffering." Faced with imminent admittal to a hospice, León set out to find someone prepared to help him end his life.

Jorge (53) broke his neck in 2000 when he fell from a horizontal exercise bar two metres from the ground at his home while he was chatting to his girlfriend. Police found him at his home, with no signs of violence, although he had been disconnected from the machine that had been helping him to breathe artificially, and have opened an investigation to determine cause of death and whether or not someone actually did help him to take his own life.